How to Convert Excel to Markdown Table
- Click the upload area or drag your .xlsx or .xls file onto it.
- The converter reads your file in the browser — nothing is sent to any server.
- Instantly see the Markdown output in the text area below.
- Click Copy to copy to clipboard, or Download .md to save the file.
Why Convert Excel to Markdown?
Markdown tables are the standard format for tabular data in technical documentation. Whether you're writing a GitHub README, a wiki page, an API reference, or a pull request description, Markdown tables render beautifully and remain readable as plain text.
Excel files, on the other hand, are binary and not version-control friendly. Converting to Markdown means your data lives in a plain text file you can commit to Git, diff, and review like any other code.
What Is the Excel to Markdown Format?
Each Excel row becomes a Markdown table row. The first row is treated as the header and a separator line (| --- | --- |) is inserted automatically. Special characters such as pipes (|) inside cells are escaped so they don't break the table structure.
If your workbook has multiple sheets, each sheet is converted separately and labelled with a ## Sheet Name heading, so you can copy the entire output into a single document.
Features
- Supports .xlsx (Excel 2007+) and .xls (legacy Excel)
- Handles multi-sheet workbooks — each sheet gets its own section
- Escapes special Markdown characters inside cells
- Empty rows are automatically filtered out
- Works entirely in your browser — zero server requests
- No file size limit (practical limit is your browser's available memory)
Excel to Markdown Table: Example
Given this Excel data:
Name | Age | City Alice | 30 | New York Bob | 25 | London
The Markdown output will be:
| Name | Age | City | | ----- | --- | -------- | | Alice | 30 | New York | | Bob | 25 | London |
This renders as a formatted table in GitHub, GitLab, Notion, Obsidian, VS Code, and any Markdown-aware editor.